Feast of the carrion eaters
Aurelia had kept the findings a secret from the villagers so far, but now that she was ready to leave with her brother, the people flocked to her for answers.

“What did you find, my Lady?” the village chief asked. “Who is responsible for the abductions?”

Aurelia realized she could not hide things forever and eventually relented. “It’s not a who, it’s a what,” she replied, stopping in her tracks.

The villagers looked at each other in confusion; then one of the younger men asked, “Do you mean those children were taken by beasts?”

“No,” Aurelia answered with a definitive shake of her head. “They were taken by monsters…necrophages to be precise.”

One of the older men in the group stepped forward, pushing through the crowd, and asked, “What are necro…phagus?”

“They are carrion eaters who feed on rotting corpses,” Aurelia replied.

“But…why would they steal our children then?” one of the women burst out. “Our children were all healthy and…alive.”

Aurelia knew if she divulged the horri
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